Issues

• Default build directory change worsens Unix socket path length limit on Darwin

  bugidea approvedmacos
  NixOS/nix#13462 · Filter by author xokdvium opened on Jul 12, 2025
  5

• install failed on to copy the basic Nix files to the new store at /nix/store

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#13285 · Filter by author oopslink opened on May 28, 2025
  2

• Failure on initial macOS install "Could not kickstart service "org.nixos.nix-daemon": 1: Operation not permitted"

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#12721 · Filter by author CalebKierum opened on Mar 21, 2025
  2

• Issue in Nix

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#12611 · Filter by author yanuar90 opened on Mar 6, 2025
  2

• macOS chown operation not permitted during install (spotlight, trashes)

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#12043 · Filter by author iocron opened on Dec 13, 2024

• nixbld already exists, but with the UID 30000. This script can't really handle that right now, so I'm going to give up. You can export NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID=30000 and re-run.

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#11661 · Filter by author Potterpurpp opened on Oct 9, 2024
  3

• Nix not installing on macOS 15.0

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#11562 · Filter by author caldenmic opened on Sep 21, 2024
  11

• error: failed to configure synthetic.conf

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#11392 · Filter by author pmarreck opened on Aug 31, 2024
  4

• Nix documentation does not describe how to set up a multi-user nix installation on a new user

  documentationinstallermacos
  NixOS/nix#11023 · Filter by author dwightguth opened on Jul 3, 2024
  2

• Error when trying to create core users with empty uid

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#10948 · Filter by author nkeneng opened on Jun 23, 2024
  2

• Creating Nix user on MacOS

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#10921 · Filter by author stepaniukm opened on Jun 16, 2024
  1

• macOS 15 Sequoia clobbers _nixbld1-4 users

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#10892 · Filter by author abathur opened on Jun 11, 2024
  95

• LocalStore does not set up or sanitize its build environment correctly

  bugderivation-buildidea approvedmacossandbox
  NixOS/nix#10798 · Filter by author roberth opened on May 28, 2024
  4

• Darwin installer: create a case sensitive APFS volume

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#10746 · Filter by author roberth opened on May 20, 2024
  11

• Add uninstallation hint for MacOS regarding key chain entries

  documentationinstallermacos
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  NixOS/nix#10664·JoshuaBehrens opened May 8, 2024 · Updated Nov 12, 2024
  4

• ~nix~case~hack~1 suffix in directory name on aarch64-darwin

  bugmacosstore
  NixOS/nix#9977 · Filter by author Ma27 opened on Feb 9, 2024
  2

• Failed to find disk Nix Store

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#9903 · Filter by author ze opened on Feb 1, 2024
  1

• nix-shell does not handle Mac OS Terminal session history correctly

  bugmacosnix-shell
  NixOS/nix#9893 · Filter by author equationcrunchor opened on Jan 31, 2024
  2

• Can't install on M2 Pro - Sonoma. Seems to be a permissions issue with a folder.

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#9721 · Filter by author clintonmedbery opened on Jan 8, 2024
  4

• Regression: nix-shell crashes

  bugmacos
  NixOS/nix#8880 · Filter by author mopleen opened on Aug 29, 2023
  3

• Nix Installer Issue [reinstall?]

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#8649 · Filter by author trent-annalect opened on Jul 5, 2023
  1

• Set proxy config for daemon during installation on Darwin

  installermacos
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  NixOS/nix#8624·laozc opened Jul 1, 2023 · Updated Nov 12, 2024
  1

• Install freezes immediately at the beginning on macOS

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#8002 · Filter by author mirosval opened on Mar 8, 2023
  7

• Mac installation (2.13.3) has log entry (but not erroring): chown: /nix/.Trashes: Operation not permitted

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#7996 · Filter by author corneliusroemer opened on Mar 7, 2023
  1

• Issue with Installing Nix After MacOS Update (Nix stopped working)

  installermacos
  NixOS/nix#7880 · Filter by author YashPotdar opened on Feb 22, 2023
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